The team announced Brian Hoyer would start Week 1 against the Steelers, with Manziel backing him up.

"He was the clear leader from the beginning," Browns head coach Mike Pettine said, via ClevelandBrowns.com's Vic Carucci. "We’ve maintained all along that if it was close, I would prefer to go with the more experienced player. Brian has done a great job in the meeting rooms and with his teammates on the practice field and in the locker room.”

How did Twitter users react? With the same joke, which was also used by none other than David Letterman before Wednesday's news:

Letterman talking about Manziel in his monologue tonight. Said he should change his name from Johnny Football to Johnny Bench. #Browns